British National Party leader Nick Griffin says he is “unconcerned” about the “arrest hysteria” article in today’s The Sunday Times and will deal with the matter in court and “not in a debate with that anti-British rag.”

Speaking to BNP News this morning after The Sunday Times ran an article claiming that he faced jail over the party’s membership policy and a court case with the Race Gestapo Equalities and Human Rights Commission, Mr Griffin confirmed that the party would only be able to ratify constitutional changes by the middle of February.

“This does fall outside the initial court date, but this is a matter which we will raise with the court itself and not with an anti-British rag like The Sunday Times which time and time again been caught out lying to its readers,” Mr Griffin said.

He said he was “unconcerned” about the report which claimed that the ECHR’s beleaguered and scandal-ridden boss, Trevor Phillips, had “instructed his lawyers to be ready to ask the court to impose crippling sanctions, including a heavy fine or possible jail term” against himself and BNP deputy leader Simon Darby.

“All we can say is that the sight of a Labour Party quango prosecuting a political party immediately before an election will certainly not harm us,” Mr Griffin said.

“On the contrary, such a move would further establish the BNP’s credibility with the public as the only true alternative to the Tweedledee Tweedledum parties in Westminster.

“These parties all claim to be supporters of democracy, but it is clear that they only believe in democracy when you agree with them. As soon as you disagree with them, they resort to the most extreme sort of fascist repression imaginable,” Mr Griffin said.

“If they want to lock me up because of unavoidable logistical arrangements then that is their loss, not ours.  We will deal with this matter before the court when the time comes and dismiss this feeble journalistic posturing with contempt.”